Reversible automobile-lamp.



.1. MINH INNETTF REVERSIBLE AUTOMOBILE LAMP. APPLIIOATION IZILBD MAR. 21, 1911,

- 1 037 9 1. Patented Sept; 10, 1912.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Gearye zm gnmmezz.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

enonen F. MINHInNnTr, or BLOOMING Gnovn, TEXAS.

' REVERSIBLE AUTOMOBILE-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1912. Application filed March '21, 1911.

Serial no. 15,955.

To all whom it mag concern:

' Be it known that I, GEORGE F. MINHIN- Q-NJEITT, acitizen of the-United ing at Blooming lrrovet iin"the county of Navarro and State of Texas, have invented certain new. andusefu'l. Improvements Reversible Autom-obile La'mp's, of which the States, residfollowing is a specification;

.Jlamps. Its object is topro'vide a tail-light for. automobiles,adapted-to be rotated about afvert-ical'axis. bymeans of a mechanism mobile.

- operated-from the seat, offthe car, thus Hulk-.- 15. I to. display four diflerent colored signal ingit possible the case of a square lamp lights. Thus for example; a red lightmay I car is standing still, and a green light that 1t is in motion;

and the otherlightspmay have someother suitable significance."

further object of the invention is .to provi e a deviceof the character described that. will be simple and eflicient, and comparatively inexpensive, and one that will not'det-ract'from the appearance of an auto- With theseobjects in view, my invention has relation to certain novel -features of the construction and operation, an example of which is described in the following specifi f mounted upon catiomand illustrated inthe-accompanying drawing. In this drawing there is shown a side elevation of an automobile equipped with the herein described reversible lamp,

the rear wheel'onthe near side being removed, and a portion of the body being broken away to reveal the mechanism of the.

invention more clearly' Referring now to the letters, which are employed in the drawingto designate the various parts of the invention, the letter A denotes an automobileof any common make or design, sided tail lamp Bf The lampi'is centrally a vertical shank or spindle C, rotatable in a bracket Dattached to the rear. end of the automobile. A beveled pinion E is carried by the lower extremity of the rod C, and is engaged by a similar pinion G fast upon the rear end of a shaft H,

denoted by M.

g fuallyfrotated. Rotation My nivention relates to new and useful improvements, -in reversible automobile 5' four sided tail-light, a

which is' provided with a four-,

. mounted longitudinallybeneath the car bearings J A sprocket wheel K is mounted upon the forward extremity of the shaft H,- and' another sprocket wheel L is mounted vertically thereabove upon'a rotatable crank .The crank'M, is within easy reach of. the chauffeur, and may be, manwill be communicated 'from' the'sprocket wheel L to the sprocket ,Wheel K through a chain N.

The above described devicewill prove very useful especially in large cities where therejs considerabletraffic, making it sible for anautomobile driver, at night to see at a glance whether another machineis in motion or standing still.

.Other mechanisms than that shown may be employed to "produce rotation of the taillamp, or to. communicate rotation to the shaft H, longitudinally mounted beneath the vehicle. .The. invention is, therefore, presented as covering all changes and modifications, which are included in the'following What I.claim.is:- In a device of the character described, the, combination with an automobile, of a vertical spindle upon which the tail light is centrally mounted, a bracket attached to the ole spindle, a shaft rotatably mounted longitudinally beneath the body, a bevel gear on the lower extremity of the spindle mesl'iingwith a bevel'gear on the rear extremity of said shaft,-

sprooket wheel carried by the forward. extremity of'said;shaft, a second sprocket, Wheel rotatably mounted above the first and adjacent to the seat of the vehicle," a crank adapted to, impart rota'tionto the. .last named sprocket wheel, and a driving chain communicating rotation from the sec- 0nd to the first named sprocket wheel.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence. of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE F. MINHINNETT.

Witnesses:

G. H. CHAMBERS, -ARTHUB MCGINTY.

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rear end of the vehis body and rotatably supporting said 

